In a Letter to the Editor published in The New York Times Dec. 10, Professor Cynthia Godsoe argues that we should stop jailing nonviolent juvenile offenders and start providing more services and shelters for young people escaping violence. Professor Godsoe was responding to the newspaper’s Nov. 30 editorial “Women Behind Bars.”

In her essay “Perfect Plaintiffs,” which appears in The Yale Law Journal Forum (Oct. 12), Professor Cynthia Godsoe examines the care in which the Supreme Court selected its plaintiffs in the same-sex marriage case Obergefell v. Hodges, and how “acutely aware” the Court was of public opinion and its own historic legacy.

Donald Trump’s adviser Michael Cohen, who is an attorney, created a media firestorm recently when he stated that marital rape is not a crime. In her Talking Points Memo op-ed “Why 20 States Treat Raping Your Wife as a Lesser Crime,” Professor Cynthia Godsoe calls the comment “both offensive and wrong on the law” and explores how this belief still informs how some states handle marital rape, which is recognized as a crime in all 50 states.

Professor Cynthia Godsoe, an expert on criminal law and juvenile justice, commented to TIME questioning the strategy of the Los Angeles Unified School District in the case of an imprisoned middle school teacher who had a sexual relationship with a student. Specifically, Professor Godsoe questioned the wisdom of the School District's argument that the student invited the relationship.

Professor Cynthia Godsoe was quoted extensively in a New York Times article about family courts, which have become notorious in recent years for long delays, soaring caseloads, and a flat supply of judges.

In a new Huffington Post op-ed, Prof. Cynthia Godsoe sheds light on victims of sexual exploitation – specifically, the 100,000 children sold for sex in the U.S., many of whom are later prosecuted and jailed. “Children depicted in pornography…. have suffered terribly,” she writes. “But so have the thousands of young people who are sold for sex on websites and dark streets. All these children deserve recognition and restitution as the victims they are.”

In a recent op-ed for the National Law Journal, Professor Cynthia Godsoe criticizes a new bill in Wisconsin that attempts to criminalize “nonmarital parenthood” as child abuse and neglect. She argues that it is not single parent families that create instances of abuse and neglect, but the nation’s rising poverty rates that make it difficult for parents who lack the resources to properly care for their children.

Professor Cynthia Godsoe’s recent op-ed in The National Law Journal discusses J.D.B. v. North Carolina, for which the Supreme Court has just heard arguments. The case concerns the circumstances under which young people are considered to be in legal custody and therefore entitled to Miranda warnings. Citing the neurological immaturity and lack of life experience of those under 18-years-old, Professor Godsoe asserts, “Children are not miniadults. The Court should recognize this and require police to act accordingly.”

Professor Cynthia Godsoe recently published an op-ed about family-focused legislation in New York State in the National Law Journal. The article discussed a newly passed amendment to the Family Court Act which would restore the rights of certain parents whose parental rights have been terminated, but who have been deemed “rehabilitated.”

Professor Cynthia Godsoe’s op-ed in the National Law Journal applauded the enactment of New York’s Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Youth Act. The act aligns state criminal laws with federal by granting underage prostitutes the services they need while punishing the true offenders, those who patronize and pimp out the juveniles.